It’s hard to believe that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally available. Announced when the first Switch was still new, the game went through a rough development cycle that finally resulted in a game that does justice to the series’ legacy. If you’ve been dying to get your hands on…
In a Q&A session following the release of its Q2 financial results report, Sega executives were asked about the increasing costs of game development and what the company will do to combat the trend. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you’ll likely have seen that…
Kirby has proven time and again that he can really be anything and star in any kind of game. What’s not touched on as much is that these experiments don’t always work out. Case and point, Kirby Air Ride. Players and reviewers just didn’t gel with the game back in…
Kirby has proven time and again that he can really be anything and star in any kind of game. What’s not touched on as much is that these experiments don’t always work out. Case and point, Kirby Air Ride. Players and reviewers just didn’t gel with the game back in…
Octopath Traveler 0 is nearly upon us, and thanks to the folks at Square Enix I’ve spent plenty of time with it over the last few weeks. For those who are unaware, Octopath Traveler 0 is essentially a remake of the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent with…
In the early ’90s, Marvel mania was alive and well throughout arcades. Whether a cabinet was made by Sega, Konami, or Capcom, you could practically throw an arcade token and have a high chance of hitting a Marvel beat-em-up. Though the synthesis of Spider-Man, The Avengers, X-Men, and The Punisher…
There’s a classic trope in shōnen anime where the hero arrives at a climactic moment at the very last minute, precisely when they are needed most. The Dragon Ball Z anime uses it repeatedly — when all hope appears lost and the Z Fighters are on the brink of defeat,…
Contra. Metal Slug. Dolphin Blue. The 2D Run ‘n Gun genre has its legends. Zenovia Interactive’s Neon Inferno dares to be one of its most beautiful — and brutal. The crucial chaos of flying bullets, explosions, and air raids are all here, all ready to deplete your lives down to…
I’ve been a fan of the Like a Dragon/Yakuza series for longer than I’ve been a “professional” writer now. Having gotten into the series around 2010 when the original Yakuza 3 was released, I was always stunned by how nobody spoke about the general quality of these games. Sega and…
The most surprising hit-game of 2022 was none other than PowerWash Simulator. As the name would imply, it’s a “simulation” game where players powerwash things. That’s the entire elevator pitch, and the game never did anything to stray from that design ethos. It was mixed with some convoluted lore regarding…
Atari and Digital Eclipse’s Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is a klassic kompilation that documents the gratuitously violent fighting franchise’s meteoric rise to blockbuster status from Midway to NetherRealm Studios. If you’re here for the entertaining scrappy story about four young Chicago upstarts creating one of video gaming’s most recognizable marquee…
Pokémon games’ adherence to the established formula is something I’ve come to hold against the series. What that formula is has some growth behind it, but it’s when it plays with convention that we see the best results. That’s why I liked Legends Arceus so much — a game set…
A Long Overdue Confession I have a confession to make, dear reader… one I’ve never spoken aloud in good company, and one that honestly shames me as a lifelong Final Fantasy fan. Alright, here we go… I have never really played the Final Fantasy Tactics series until now. That’s…
Just last year we were treated to a remake of one of the most important and influential RPGs of all-time, Dragon Quest III. Remade in the HD-2D style that Square Enix has zeroed in on for several remakes and original RPGs, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake looked stunning. This year,…
While I’ve always had a very good relationship with my mother over the years, one of the first times I can remember bonding with her over a video game was in in the early 00’s with PopCap’s Zuma. She loved the games PopCap was making, and despite the moniker of…
